Building Back At Rapid Clip In Amarillo
Amarillo speeds a postwar rebound with $7 million in new permits for remodeling the Hunsley Building to house a downtown USO. Construction costs run about $10,000 daily as war worker homes rise toward 175 units and Pantex plans add more housing under a new NHA HOLC conversion plan. Don McGregor of NHA visited from Dallas to explain the program while the Chamber notes several lease applications.
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Amarillo
Pearl Harbor
Hunsley
Taylor Street
Sixth Avenue
USO
Pantex Ordnance Plant
NHA
HOLC
Don McGregor
Dallas
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Homes Registration Bureau
Amarillo Firemen Fund Receives Added Credits
Firemen in Amarillo credited nearly 4000 to the Amarillo firemen and relief fund. A warrant dated December 1 for 3942.21 was held until funds arrived to avoid a one percent discount. Additional warrants from the state fire insurance commission office for about 2000 and 6000 were received. The fund was created by the department with three percent wage contributions. state allotments depend on fire insurance rates. The initial beneficiary was the late Chester Moore, an assistant fire chief, with disability payments continuing to his family.
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Amarillo
State Fire Insurance Commissionr
Chester Moore
Nutrition Program and Wheat Enrichment Notes
The report describes a wheat based nutrition program enriched with extra wheat germ to boost vitamin B1 and appetite while stabilizing nerves. Dr Albert Newlin of the University of Santa Clara predicts a major earthquake in Japan next year, likening it to the 1923 and 1933 disasters on a ten year cycle.
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Uncle Sam
University OF Santa Clara
Cal
U.P
Albert Newlin
Observatory
Japan
Gasoline rationing urged as vital to war effort
Amid war talks, officials defend gasoline and rubber saving, arguing rationing protects rubber used for tires and planes. Jeffers links tire use to saving Eddie Rickenbacker, while others debate a proposed anti-rationing bill. Rep. Wickersham questions surplus area rationing and endorses voluntary mileage cuts.
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Amarillo
Texas
Edward V. Rickenbacker
Pacific Ocean
Eddie Rickenbacker
Jeffers
Central
Wickersham
Boren
Murder of Jews Is Sermon Theme at Sabbath Service
Rabbi Arthur Bluhm announces the sermon theme Protest Against Slaughter of Jews by the Nazis for the Friday night Gabbath service opening at 8 o clock and open to the public. Pensions for widows of the Revolutionary War were paid up to 1932.
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Arthur Bluhm
Negro Soldiers and MPs in Gun Battle
A large gunfight between negro soldiers and military and civilian police in Phoenix Arizona left two dead and 12 wounded. The clash lasted about three hours and involved over 100 officers and soldiers patrolling armored blocks. One civilian, Robert Riley, was found dead. 1st Lt. August J. Essman was seriously wounded. Col. Fred Ellis ordered a board of officers to investigate.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Don Steward
Steward
Robert Riley
August J. Essman
Essman
Sheridan, Ore
Fred Ellis
Holiday Accidents Set Low Record
The Thanksgiving Day holiday saw a likely new low in fatal accidents due to uninterrupted production gasoline rationing and fewer people in service. Early reports total 78 deaths 28 in traffic eight by trains and 42 in various causes such as shootings coal mine mishaps fires and drowning. There were no holiday fatalities reported in Texas and state tallies varied with Arkansas and Oklahoma noting miscellaneous deaths.
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Associated Press
America
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Names of 12 War Prisoners From RAF Released
NEW YORK Nov 27 The YMCA released 12 American RAF prisoners of war held in Germany. The list, sent from Berlin to YMCA Geneva HQ, includes Lieut. Col. A. P. Clark 29 Fort Sam Houston and Pilot Officer W F Ash 24 Dallas. The prisoners are described as well and with most things in order.
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New York
RAF
Germany
Young Men’s Christian Association
YMCA
Berlin
Geneva
Camp Luft 3
A. P. Clark
Fort Sam Houston
W. F. Ash
Dallas
Gas Rationing Talk Broadcast Planned by Amarillo Chamber
KGNC will air a 6:45 PM Saturday program on general gas rationing as the first in a Chamber of Commerce series. Rex Baxter, the chamber manager, said speakers weren’t announced at noon. The transportation committee led by Jess Rogers urges Car-Share Clubs during rationing. In Manattan a theater workers strike was ruled illegal and workers receive no pay during shutdown under Mexican law.
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KGNC
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Transportation Committee
Jess Rogers
Manatlan
Instant Ralston Name for Ready Hot Cereal
The Ralston Purina Company of St Louis introduces Instant Ralston a hot breakfast cereal that needs no cooking. It is pre cooked and ready to serve by pouring into boiling water or milk, saving time in the morning and letting housewives sleep later.
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Ralston Purina Company
St Louis
Ralston
Rationing Debate Frames Nationwide Gasoline Plan
Henderson and Jeffers denounce "business-as-usual" groups resisting nationwide rationing. Jeffers says mileage rules ensure essential driving now and in coming months, while nonessential travel must be sacrificed. Henderson accuses opposing factions of self-interest and gambling America’s future for a gallon of gas. Congress weighs postponement in areas with plenty of fuel.
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Henderson
Jeffers
Lyle Boren
Oklahoma
Dem
Amarillo Retail Liquor Permit Notice for 2818 W. 6th Ave
The undersigned applies to the Texas Liquor Control Board for a Retail Liquor Permit to be used at 2818 West Sixth Avenue Amarillo Texas. Doc s Cut Rate Liquor Store owner P G George is the applicant.
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Texas Liquor Control Board
6Th Ave
Amarillo
Texas
P. G. George
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Victor Wickersham
Ameri
U. S
W. B. Dickinson, Jr
Australia
Chew
Santa Fe
Grand Canyon Limited
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Kansas City
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Clovis
Albuquerque
Los Angeles
San Diego
San Francisco
South Plains Service
R. F. Gill
Amarillo Canyon
Tulsa
Plainview
Lubbock
H. C. Vincent
John Furbach
Polk
Pool Drug Company
All Good Drug Stores
A Polk
Chri
Worl Ward
Polk Telephone
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